At her London pub, landlady Kate Davidson has taken to issuing Guinness ration cards, due to a shortage of Ireland's national drink. Bars across Britain, even Irish ones, have reported limited supplies of the black stuff since Guinness owner Diageo announced earlier this month that it was experiencing "exceptional consumer demand".
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00:00I do my normal weekly orders every Monday and normally I'd order seven or eight barrels
00:09and this Monday when I went to do my orders there were only four available to me.
00:13So I spoke to the brewery and they confirmed that they were being rationed by Diageo as
00:18well so they were passing on that ration.
00:48I think now recently it is social media must have had an effect.
00:52The Gen Z got hold of it so yeah I think it's definitely changed.
01:19It says in these difficult times of Guinness rationing we require our beloved patrons
01:23to purchase two other drinks before they can buy their ration of Guinness.
01:26So we've got two empty stamps and then you're allowed your ration of Guinness.
01:30It's kind of sad because I love Guinness but it is what it is.
01:36Stop young people drinking Guinness and there won't be this problem.
01:40Let the old people before they go, you know, go go, before they go let them have a drop
01:46of Guinness.
01:47It might keep them alive longer.